When we were kids dad drove a Ford Cortina. He took us up a mountain once, and when we left the sealed sections rust started to fall in clumps from the roof.

NP: that’s a reasonable price for accommodation in San Francisco.

We’re already seeing this in Australia, where MG is edging towards the top ten selling brands.

Tell me about its air filters.

Pika pika.

About 15 years ago I drove a Toyota van which ran smoothly but didn’t have a working fuel gauge. We sputtered to a stop on the side of the motorway, after doing something stupid and mildly illegal. The person we called to come and get us petrol worked as an informant for the police, although we didn’t realize it at…

Can we talk about that cute little kitten face it has? Miaow.

Tesla: great cars, terrible company.

And that’s before they come out with their electrified vehicles.

Autonomous vehicles are a list of problems, which get solved one by one.

This is so awesome.

Hey now, we can arrange for your Jerk Store to be restocked.

Not a Kia, you can tell by the build quality.

Federal snitch.

Those are also correct, as is ‘nobody talks, everybody walks’.

“Nobody speak, nobody get choked.”

That’s a lot of boat.

16 MPG for a 99 Montero/Pajero. Those old SUVs really suck gas.

Pretty much. They’re more like index funds here. The commercial ones are kept honest by the ‘industry funds’ which have union representatives and deliver good performance at low fees.

You spend 2/3 your life in shoes, socks, and your bed. They’re worth more to your quality of life than your car, and are among the few things that you should buy the best you can reasonably afford.